Gisele Bundchen joined by Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn in Forbes list of highest-paid models

It comes as little surprise that supermodel Gisele Bündchen has topped
Forbes magazine's
list of highest-earning models once more. For the eighth year in a row, the Brazilian beauty's earnings have eclipsed that of her counterparts thanks largely to a designer deal with shoemaker Grendene.

To put her colossal annual earnings in perspective (according to the business title she raked in $47 million/ £28m over the past year) fellow models Doutzen Kroes and Adriana Lima share the number two spot with 'just' $8 million each. Snapping at their high heels are Kate Moss (who at 40 is the eldest), Kate Upton and Miranda Kerr, who are estimated to have brought home $7 million each (£4m).

Top earner Gisele Bündchen. Photo: Rex

This year's list has been extended to highlight the earnings of 21 top beauties, providing an insight into the remuneration power of Brits Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn. While the animated Delevingne's face has been inescapable thanks to her unions with Mulberry, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent beauty and DKNY, she has been pipped to the paycheck post by her friend Dunn. Delevingne earned $3.5m (£2m) last year while mother-of-one Dunn, who recently got a matching tattoo with her friend, made $4m (£2.4m) thanks in part to assignments with Next and Boden.

Catwalk queen Karlie Kloss, 22, is new to list with $4m (£2.4m) in earnings while Victoria's Secret Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Candice Swanepoel were ranked with $5m (£3m) and $3m (£1.8m) respectively. One of the oldest names to make the list is 39-year-old American Carolyn Murphy, who enjoys a lucrative contract with Estée Lauder.

33-year-old Bündchen, who is the current face of Balenciaga, H&M, Isabel Marant, Stuart Weitzman and Chanel, recently spoke out to deny that she earns as much as the publication claims. "It's sad, because these people who write [the list] do not have my account number! I earn well, but it is not all this talking," she told mdemulher.abril.com.br back in April, adding: "I have been audited in the U.S. because of the Forbes list. And frankly, whether or not I'm in this ranking, I do not care."